@inproceedings{Mechtel2010Cards,
abstract = {An old soccer myth states that teams affected by a sending-off perform better than they would have without the penalty. Using economic theory, we analyze the course of a soccer match after a sending-off and test our hypotheses using data from the German Bundesliga from 1999 to 2009. The results show that sending-offs affecting home teams have a negative impact on their performance. However, for guest teams the impact of a sending-off on their performance depends on the time remaining after the sending-off. Thus, the ten do it better myth seems to hold for guest teams to a certain extent.},
address = {Frankfurt a. M.},
author = {Mario Mechtel and Tobias Br\"{a}ndle and Agnes Stribeck and Karin Vetter},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {L83; M12; M50; 330; soccer; team performance; red card; sending-off; Bundesliga},
language = {eng},
number = {B8-V1},
publisher = {Verein f\"{u}r Socialpolitik},
series = {Beitr\"{a}ge zur Jahrestagung des Vereins f\"{u}r Socialpolitik 2010: \"{O}konomie der Familie - Session: Labor Market and Entrepreneurs: Empirical Studies},
title = {Red Cards: Not Such Bad News For Penalized Guest Teams},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/37282},
year = {2010}
}